Keywords
Architecture
Roofing Tiles
A common term for the broad, concave eave-end pendant tiles that are placed along the gable overhang *keraba 螻羽 and extend beyond the edge of the bargeboard *hafu 破風 of the inclined eaves of a gable, or the gable on the hip-and-gable roof, *kirizuma yane 切妻屋根 or *irimoya yane 入母屋根. These tiles were originally named for the arabesque motifs *karakusamon 唐草文 that decorated the pendant. The motif was most popular from the 7th-12th century. Even when the motifs changed, the old name remained in use.